Improvement in combined corn-flow  and grain-drill



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AB'INGYDN, INDIANA.

Letters. Patent No. 105,575, dated July/19, 1870.

M 'IMP'ROVEMENT IN COMBINED conn-mover' Ann GRAIN-DRILL.

Totali whom it mag/concerns p Be it known that I, CASWELL HoLLAR`,`of Ahing-. don, 'in the county of Wayne' and in the State of,

Indiana, have invented eertain'new and useful Improvementsin Combined Goiu-Plowand Grain-Drills 5 and do herebn,l declare that 'the following is a full, thereof', reference being of referencefmarked thereon making `a part of ,this specification. v.

)The `nature of my invention consists in ,the con structionandarrange'ment vof a combined grain-drill and miro-plow;7

as willbe hereinafter fully set forth. In order to'enable others skilled .in theart to which my inventionappcrtains to make fand use they t same, I will now proceed to describe itsfeonstruction whiehfz r Figure lis'a side elevation, and

and operation, referringto-k the 7annexed drawing, iu

Y Figure 2 is a-plan view otlmy machine. y t

A A1V represent two beams placed parallel with each other, a sulicient distaneeapart to 'give free room for; the driving-wheel B, placed between them, and the axle of which 1has ,its bearings .in suitable journalj The beams A A1 are connected, at theirirear ends, by another beam, A2 which extends on` the same t plane a suitabledistanoe toward the rear.

Between the front ends of the `beams is placed and' firmly secured a small upright standard, C, which is braced by the rodi) to the rightfhand beani A.

`In the'u'pp'ei'- end of the standard O is a groove, .through ,which groove passes ametal `bar;b,.l i,a ving at its left end a Thron yh'wthis loopypasses ,the rod E attached at 1 I its reagrend to the leftv beam A, and tothe front end `of `whichtheteam' is `to be attache t *The bar b isheidvby a pinv or bolt, d, passing through r the samedownward into the standard U, and as said bar is providedwith a series of holes,4 its position can bejshiitedfsogas-to throw the machine toer from the com. l

On the outside of thefbearns A A,.respectively,

-are hinged the side rising from nearthere'ar end of the beam A.

x lhe upper end ofthe lever H isprovided with a' spring, g, which forces the leverl into notches ou e The Schedule referred toi-n these`Letters Patentand makin g part-of the same slotted plate-,.J, so as to hold the lever at an'y point desired.

Thisplate J is attached to the upper end oi' the standard I, and to the seed-box or hopper K.

By the use of the lever or spreader H andconnecting-rods c e, the side bars G G' can be widened and closed at pleasure for planting .narrow strips of corn. f A

On thennder sides of the side beams G G' and the beam Aare attached the plow-sheaths L L, provided with corn-plows of any suitable description.

- In rear of eachsheath L is a pipe, M, extending up through the beam, and through the sheath is a set-screw, h, for throwing the piping to or from the sheath to gauge the depth of the grain.

Through. the upper end of the 'standard ,I passes a rod, N, to the ends of which the handles O 0 are `attached, the lower ends of.-thesame beingy attached, one on each side of the beamA, by means of a bolt passing through the same.

The seed-box or hopperK is supported, from the From the .right corner of the hopper a guard-rod, c', runs to the right beam A,'to keep the cora-fiom hanging to the hopper.

In'thebottom 'of the hopper Kfare three openings, with slides n n', for regulating the amount of grain .to be sown. t

These slides arev movedby means-cfa gauge-bar, o; on the rear side of the hopper, with a spring lever, 1), and gauge-rack r, at the right end of the hopper.v From under the openings in the bottom otitire hopper are conductors It lt, for carrying thc grain.

from the hopper into shoes S- S, attached td the upper ends of the piping M.

The conductors R are pivoted `cachbetween two ears, ou the under side of the bottom, and joined in any suitable manner to the shoes S, so that'they will accommodate themselves to any movemcntof the side beams.,

I tunn-ing lengthwise across the hopper K is a shaft, f

T, provided with cog-wheels or cog-pimions4 Y, for agitating the grain.

' Each cog is, in the center, provided' with a'spur, t, which passes through a groove in the slide and across the opening, for-cleaning obstructions `out f the opening or crowding them through. v The shaft 'l` is operated in thefollowing manner: 'Upon theleft end of the driving-wheel axleisl a militer-wheel, W, which gears with a similar smaller ;Wheel,' X, on the lower end of a shaft, Y, said shaft having its bearings in the front side of the hopper, and in a bar, Z, attached to the lea beam A.

The upper end of the shaft Y is provided, also, with a, miter-wheel, X', which gears with a. similar wheel, Z', on the end ofthe shaft T, and thus motion is communicated to the same.

Having thus fully described my invention,

WVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The arrangement of the frame A A A, wheel B, side beams G G', lever H, hopper K, with seed-slides n n, shovel-beams L, set-.screws h, pipesM, conductors R, shoes S, shaft T, wheels V, with spurs t, shaft Y, and cog-wheels X X', Z Z', all constructed :ind arranged with their several parts to operate substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand, this 7th day of March, 1870.

` CASWELL I-IOLLAR.

Witnesses:

Enos THOMAS, J 01m WHITE. 

